Bad news from Iraq

It's only when one gets to the end of this initially bland news release from Multinational Forces Iraq that one realizes that the city of Samarra spent several days in May with no water, fuel, or power, and that movement in and out of the city is still highly restricted. Samarra, remember, is the city that George Bush claims unravelled his brilliant plan for Iraq when insurgents blew up the "golden dome" mosque there last year. You'd think that a city so pivotal to sectarian relations would be under better control. You'd be wrong.